Navy: Unlike that stick-in-the-mud Army, we cool with Five Finger shoes

Unlike
the Army, as they say.

UNCLAS //N01000//

NAVADMIN 238/11

MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/AUG//

SUBJ/MINIMALIST FOOTWEAR//

REF/A/DOC/NAVPERS 156651/01JAN03//

AMPN/REF A IS NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS//

RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN AUTHORIZES THE WEARING OF MINIMALIST FOOTWEAR WITH THE
NAVY PHYSICAL TRAINING UNIFORM (PTU) DURING COMMAND/UNITDIRECTED PHYSICAL
TRAINING (PT), INDIVIDUAL PT, AND ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE THE SEMI-ANNUAL
PHYSICAL READINESS TEST (PRT).

2. MINIMALIST FOOTWEAR IS DEFINED AS SHOES THAT ALLOW THE FOOT TO FUNCTION
NATURALLY WITHOUT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OR CUSHIONING. ANY SHOE THAT IS
MARKETED AS MINIMALIST OR BAREFOOT-LIKE FOOTWEAR (CURRENT TYPES SUCH AS THE -
VIBRAM FIVE FINGERS, NIKE FREE SHOES, VIVO BAREFOOT SHOES, INOV-8 SHOE, AND

FEELMAX) ARE AUTHORIZED FOR WEAR WITH THE PTU.

(Tip of the BD hat
to J "Jet Fuel" P)